Brassiere



Aug. 13, 1957 w. ROSENTHAL BRASSIERE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 23,1955 l lllllllll Ill United States Patent BRASSIERE William Rosenthal,Bayville, N. Y., assignor to Maiden Form Brassiere 60., Inc., New York,N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 23, 1955, SerialNo. 555,116 1 Claim. (Cl. 2-42) The object of the present invention isto provide a brassiere which, without the use of bones, wires, or theprovisions of slings within the cup, will provide fully adequate andcomfortable support and to the same extent as in the case of brassieresprovided with sling-like elements adapted to under-breast contact.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation showing an embodiment of theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a view of said embodiment in rear elevation, and, like Fig. 1,being partly broken away;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section taken on the line 33 (Fig.2).

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that my brassiere consists ofa pair of cups 1 each having its own independent base frame, constructedin a special manner as follows: each base frame consists of two fabricpieces, one piece, 2, being on the outside of the garment, and thesecond piece, 2x, being on the inside of the garment. Each piece 2 has abottom and outer side substantially straight edge, an upper margin whichis curved to conform with the curvature of the cup, and the inner arearises from the bottom of the brassiere in a curve which terminates at aV between the cups.

A special feature of each of the two frame members appurtenant to a cupis such formation of each upper margin as to provide a welt. Thus thecurved upper margin of each frame member may be folded back upon itself,the cup margin laid upon or inserted between the thus inwardly foldedcurved top areas of frame members 2, 2x, and stitched down by thestitching 3. Also a tape, not shown, may be applied.

Before the innermost curved margin of each base frame member assembly'isstitched to a jointure for the two, the members 2 and 2x are foldedinwardly at their margins and a wedge-shaped elastic member 4 isinserted and stitched down by the stitching at 5. Thus each outer marginof the wedge-shaped member 4, at the sides thereof, is bounded by areinforcing welt.

At the horizontal approximately medial point of each cup at the generalarea where the two cups are joined by member 4 is stitched in one end ofa fabric loop 6. The opposite end of this loop carries elastic pieces 7stitched down to the welt at the outer end thereof close to the seam at8 which joins frame member 2 to back band 9, this construction being thesame as to each base frame and back band.

Each loop 6 is passed through the lower reception end of a buckle 10which adjustably receives one end of a shoulder strap 11, the oppositeend of which is stitched 2 to the top of back band 9, this arrangementbeing the same for the loop of each cup.

It will be noted that when the garment is at rest, as shown in Figs. 1and 2, the bottom line of the garment is not straight, but to the rightand left of the vertical center of elastic member 4 the bottom lineextends angularly of a true horizontal line. Thus when the garment isplaced in position for wearing and the back bands 9 are connected in theusual manner by hooks and eyes (not shown) the elastic member 4 willyield until the two halves of the garment are in a straight line attheir base margin, and this will bring the welts 3x between the spacedlines of stitches 3 therefor firmly under and in comfortable support forthe busts.

When the garment is worn the loop 6 and shoulder strap 11 appliedthereto will, as to each cup, transmit lifting support through the welt3x, and at the same time because of the fact that each loop overhangsthe top of its appropriate cup and each buckle 10 is preferably securedto the top of its appropriate cup by a member shown in Fig. 2 at 12,each cup will not only snugly encompass the base of the bust but the cupwill closely conform to the upper portion of the bust without gap.

It will be understood that modifications may be made in the form andarrangement of the elements constituting the embodiment of the inventionillustrated in the drawings, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

What I claim is as follows:

A brassiere comprising a pair of cups, two independent base framemembers, one for each cup, and each frame member consisting of twofabric pieces, one piece being on the outside of the garment and thesecond piece being on the inside of the garment, each frame memberhaving a bottom and outer side substantially straight edged and havingan inner margin which is curved to conform with the curvature of thecup, the inner area of each frame member rising from the bottom of thebrassiere in a curve which terminates at an inverted V formation betweenand above the median line of the cups, the two frame members beingjoined by an elastic member of inverted V-shape and which rises to thetops of the frame members at their inner ends, the inner top areas ofthe two frame members being mutually adjacent and forming stiffeninglateral boundaries for hinging of the elastic inverted V-shape memberbetween them, a loop for each cup exteriorly thereof, one end of theloop being connected to its appropriate frame member at the innerapproximate horizontal medial line of the cup, and the opposite end ofthe loop being secured to the appropriate frame member 'at the outer endthereof and substantially below the horizontal medial line of the cup bymeans of an elastic component, and a shoulder strap for each loop incombination with a connecting member therefor at the upper end of theappropriate cup.

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